“I rarely saw them as individuals. It was always a huge mass…they were naked, packed together, running, being driven with whips.”

— Franz Stangl

When asked how he felt about the execution of children. Quoted in "The Healing Wound: Experiences and Reflections on Germany" - Page 125 - by Gitta Sereny - History - 2001.

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Source: The History of Freedom in Christianity (1877)
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